Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force Volume 6: Platforms (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Current thinking on this subject suggests that the required replenishment of Navy and Marine Corps capital assets in the face of such constraints can be accomplished only by reducing operations and support costs and by using commercial standards where acceptable, modular construction, and new technologies that offer lower total life-cycle costs. The expectation is that the savings accrued by implementing these concepts and technologies will be available to fund the R&D and acquisition of new surface, subsurface, and air platforms to support Navy and Marine Corps missions.
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On the other, decreased procurement volume drives unit cost up. To offset and regain funds for recapitalization it is essential for the Navy Department to have a comprehensive plan that minimizes manning, infrastructure, and all life-cycle support costs.
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Minimal Manning Minimizing platform manning will have a significant impact on the lifecycle costs of Navy ships. The largest single factor in ship cost is the crew, which involves not only direct salary, benefits, and training costs for Navy personnel, but also the indirect expense of the manpower infrastructure, bases, barracks, commissaries, retirement plans, and so forth.
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This need is well recognized in the CFD community and is the subject of active research, but more work is necessary. In particular, strong Navy Department guidance and support are essential to ensure that suitable turbulence models will be developed to meet the full range of needs that are of most direct concern to naval forces.
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The long time lines associated with the implementation of new platform technologies, together with their fundamental impact on warfighting effectiveness, necessitate a systematic, top-to-bottom approach to their adoption. To integrate advanced technology into future naval platforms, the Navy Department should implement a focused effort that includes clearly defined goals and schedules, industry-government partnerships, and stable funding.
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Aggressively pursue integrated electric drive power and propulsion systems; develop and exploit quiet, high-density permanent magnet propulsion motors; exploit advances in semiconductor technology to develop power electronic building blocks; and begin at-sea testing and evaluation of system performance. These approaches offer high potential for reducing signatures and decreasing life-cycle costs.
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Submarine Technology Recommendations · Exploit the spectrum of payload technologies to provide future submarines with an integrated payload system that is flexible and modular and can covertly carry, launch, and recover a wide range of future weapons, sensors, vehicles, and forces. Develop submarine-launched off-board vehicles, both UAVs and UUVs, for use across all mission areas.
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The enabling technologies considered, including supercritical water oxidation, advanced incineration, and plasma arc pyrolysis, have differing benefits and constraints in terms of power requirements, weight and space, efficiency, operator expertise required, and signature implications. Moreover, the reliability of treatment systems, particularly a single treatment system, seriously affects the suitability of the system for shipboard implementation.
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